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Detroit Tigers (61-66, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (55-74, fifth in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Troy Melton (7-1, 1.71 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 73 strikeouts); Royals: Noah Cameron (7-8, 4.16 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 126 strikeouts)
LINE: Tigers -119, Royals -101; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals host the Detroit Tigers to open a three-game series.
Kansas City has a 55-74 record overall and a 33-30 record in home games. The Royals have a 44-27 record in games when they record eight or more hits.
Detroit is 61-66 overall and 29-35 on the road. Tigers hitters have a collective .406 slugging percentage to rank 10th in MLB.
The matchup Friday is the 11th meeting between these teams this season. The Tigers have a 6-4 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has 26 doubles, a triple and 16 home runs while hitting .286 for the Royals. Jac Caglianone is 16 for 36 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.
Dillon Dingler leads the Tigers with 26 home runs while slugging .490. Eduardo Valencia is 7 for 28 with two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 6-4, .248 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs
Tigers: 4-6, .223 batting average, 4.14 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Royals: Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Maikel Garcia: day-to-day (hamstring), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Tony Gonsolin: 15-Day IL (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Tigers: Riley Greene: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (adductor), Brant Hurter: 60-Day IL (back), James Outman: 7-Day IL (concussion), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
